by sheila_admin | Jun 17, 2012 | Sentence Structure
Subject-Verb Agreement means that a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb. For example: My brother is in town. My brothers are in town. In the first example the subject is singular: my brother. This makes the verb singular:...
by sheila_admin | Jun 17, 2012 | Sentence Structure
In grammar a complement – not to be confused with a compliment! – is a way to provide more information about the subject or the object of a sentence. He is gorgeous! Did you like the present she gave you? A complement completes an idea, whether this is...
by sheila_admin | Jun 16, 2012 | Parts Of Speech, Sentence Structure
Look at these sentences: James Bond drives an Aston Martin. Bond is chasing the killer! 007 kissed the beautiful Russian agent. In each one the subject has been highlighted. The subject is the main theme of the sentence; it is what the sentence is all about. It is,...